https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652616322181#! “Due to the realisation of the reinforcement potential of waste based biochar and wool in polymeric composites, in the recent past, their individual flammability, thermal and mechanical properties were determined. Composites were manufactured with biochar and with both biochar … Continue reading
This report has a global perspective but has strong NZ connections in its authorship. You can access the publication from this link. … Continue reading
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This video is available from the Royal Society of NZ website. I provided notice of this on the ABE FB page back on 9 March 2018, as I was aware that Annette Cowie was a speaker and she has been … Continue reading
Insight into the effects of biochar on manure composting: Evidence supporting the relationship between N2O emission and denitrifying community(Article) aInstitute of Environmental Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China bCallaghan Innovation Research Ltd, University of Canterbury, … Continue reading
NZ connections to this study on P leaching. Check out older posts with the P tag… http://soilcarbon.org.nz/tag/phosphorus/ Impact of biochar coated with magnesium (hydr)oxide on phosphorus leaching from organic and mineral soils Water Quality Management Group, Dept. of Soil and … Continue reading
Investigating the Influence of Biochar Particle Size and Depth of Placement on Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Emissions from Simulated Urine Patches Ainul Faizah Mahmud 1,2,*, Marta Camps-Arbestain 1 and Mike Hedley 1 1 New Zealand Biochar Research Centre, Massey University, Private … Continue reading
It would be great to get access to this report and assess their conclusion that “Biochar addition could possibly increase soil carbon stocks but it is not yet an economical option for large-scale application in New Zealand.” Management practices to … Continue reading
I think the following should be of interest in NZ based on the levels of Cd contamination in some of our soils. There are other similar research finding coming from China. I posted a link to a NZ PhD thesis … Continue reading
Prof. Marta Camps-Arbestain has provided the following summary on current biochar related work taking place at NZBRC, Massey. Please contact Marta if you are interested in finding out more on any of these activities. PhD student: Stanislav Garbuz PhD research … Continue reading